Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2010

The 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election,

will take place on November 2, 2010. Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen is term limited and unable to seek re-election. The non-partisan Cook Political Report and CQ Politics both rate the gubernatorial election as leaning Republican.

Primary Election

The primary election is scheduled to occur on August 5, 2010.

Democratic Primary

Candidates

Mike McWherter, businessman, former Attorney, Son of Gov. Ned McWherter

Republican Primary

Candidates

Bill Haslam, Mayor of Knoxville

Joe Kirkpatrick, Businessman Withdrew from race

Basil Marceaux

Ron Ramsey, Lieutenant Governor

Zach Wamp, U.S. Representative, 3rd district

Polling

Poll Source	Dates administered	Bill Haslam	Zach Wamp	Ron Ramsey	Undecided
Mason-Dixon	July 19-21, 2010	36%	25%	20%	17%
WSMV TV Channel 4	July 8, 2010	32%	21%	11%	36%

Results

Republican Primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bill Haslam	340,448	47.5%
	Republican	Zach Wamp	208,313	29.1%
	Republican	Ron Ramsey	158,100	22.0%
	Republican	Joe Kirkpatrick	6,680	0.9%
	Republican	Basil Marceaux	3,497	0.5%
Totals			717,038	98.7%

Independents

Bayron Binkley, Broker
Brandon Dodds, Optometrist
Samuel David Duck, Independent Federalist
David Gatchell
June Griffin
Toni Hall
Floyd Knois
Boyce McCall
Linda Kay Perry
James Reesor, Tennessee author
Thomas Smith II
Howard Switzer, Architect (Green Party nominee, listed on the ballot as an independent)
Carl Whitaker, Native American Indian Movement Chief

General Election Polling

Poll Source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of Error	Mike McWherter (D)	Bill Haslam (R)	Other	Unde- cided
Mason-Dixon (report)	July 19-21, 2010	625	± 5.0%	31%	49%	—	20%
WSMV-TV Channel 4 (report)	July 8, 2010	603	± 4.0%	34%	60%	—	6%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	June 15, 2010	500	± 4.5%	32%	50%	5%	14%
Rasmussen Reports (report)	March 22, 2010	500	± 4.5%	27%	45%	5%	23%

(source:wikipedia)